Family tree Brons » Sygerke Jans de Jong (1792-1870)

Christening day May 20, 1792

• The temperature on May 20, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
  • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
  • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
  • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Day of marriage November 24, 1822

• The temperature on November 24, 1822 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder winderig. Source: KNMI
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  De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
• In the year 1822: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 1 » The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
  • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
  • March 30 » The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
  • July 26 » José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
  • November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
  • December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.

Day of death February 17, 1870

• The temperature on February 17, 1870 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
  • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)